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She even shows me that she had a bowel movement and is so happy. Two hours later she'll say to me -give me something I can't go to the bathroom - I haven't been in days. Anything else she forgets I remind her of she acknowledges and says "guess your right" and no "argument" ONLY WHEN IT PRETAINS TO THE BOWEL MOVEMENT is there an argument! She does get anxiety attacks but mostly in the morning and then the pass by late morning. It's all nerves on her part. Almost seems like she's getting a heart attack, but she has been checked by her doctor even and no signs of heart failure. I guess it's just the aging process for her. Thank you.

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I wonder if it wouldn't be easier all the way around to just go along with her. Keep on hand some kind of medicine-looking candy (mints, perhaps) and when she wants you to give her something, hand her two, and tell her she needs to dink a full glass of water after taking them. No harm done, and she might relax a little.
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Anxiety is pretty common in the early stages of dementia, because she knows she is losing function and she will worry over it. Consider asking the MD for an anti-anxiety medication in a low dose, to be given at bedtime. That way she can get a good night's sleep and be less anxious in the morning.
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For constipation or slow bowels, V-8 helps my dad & is nutritional, too. I found that rhubarb juice is a great stool softener, too. After washing stalks, break them in pieces and oil with water until tender. Put into blender with sugar to taste to break up strings and to pulvertize.

Some meds like prednisone & pain killers can cause slow bowel action. If not overdone, either of these juices can help
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But, MyThreeSons, she isn't really constipated! :D LOL she just thinks she is.
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I'd get a little whiteboard at the dollar store or a little calendar and mark on it every time she has a bowel movement. Keep it in the bathroom. Then she can just look at it to see she's already gone that day or you can show it to her to remind her that she's already gone today or yesterday. Make a big deal about marking it down each time.

I also think the anti-anxiety med at bedtime is a good idea as well.
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Is she capable of keeping a calendar after she has actually had a BM? She could write the time on the day and the letters BM?
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Wow. We went through the same with our mother. She was obsessed with moving her bowels, but with the dementia, she couldn't remember going and then would say she was constipated and take milk of magnesia sometimes many times a day. The white board for your mother sounds like a good idea if she is competent enough to understand how to use it.
Mom also had anxiety attacks in the morning (more like panic attacks because a few times she threw up and lost control of her bowels and said she was dying) I'm guessing this is part of the aging process for some women. The doctor gave her clonzepam which she carried with her and she was instructed to take one at bedtime to keep it from happening in the night.
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